Ironing-board.



G. DANIELSON. IoNING EGARD.

APPLICATION :FILED DBO. 9, 1912.

1,073,404. Patented sept. 16,1913.

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IRONING-BOAR-D.

. specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 16, 1913..

Application filed December 9, 1912. Serial No. 735,683.

\ To all whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, CHARLES DANmLsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cannon Falls, in the county of Goodhue and State' of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ironing- Boards; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has for its object to provide an improved ironing board and, to this end, it consists of the novel devices and combinations of devices hereinafter described and defined in the claims. V

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views. Y

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved ironing board supported from the top of a kitchen table, some parts being broken away; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the parts shown in Fig. 1, some parts being broken away; Fig. 3 is a rear end elevation of the parts shown in Figs. 1 and 2; and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the rear yend portion of the ironing board.

The numerals 1 and 2 indicate, respectively, a main ironing board and an auxiliary ironing board. Secured to the front and rear end portions, respectively, of the main ironing bo-ard 1 are a. pair of short legs 3 and a single short leg 4. The legs 3 Vare laterally spaced apart and secured to the outer edge portion of the main ironing board 1 by a pair of hinges 5, arranged to permit the said legs to be folded inward toward each other, into at engagement with the main ironing board l. The short le'g 4 is secured to the main ironing board 1 by a hinge 6, arranged to permit said leg 4 to be folded toward the legs 3 longitudinally of the main ironing board 1. When in operative positions, the legs 3 and 4 extend obliquely downward, toward the transverse center of the main ironing board 1. At their free ends, the legs 3 and 4 are formed, respectively, with notches 7 and 8, adapted to embrace opposite edges of the top of a kitchen table indicated, as an entirety, by the character Y. Obviously, the weight of the main ironing board 1 holds the notched ends of the' legs 3 and 4 engaged with the opposite edges of the top of the table Y and,

under increased pressure on the ironing board l, the leg 4 tends to fold inward toward the main ironing board 1, and thereby draws the opposing notched ends 7 'and 8 of the' legs 3 and 4 into tighter engagement withthe top of the table Y.

To apply a skirt to the main ironing board l, the front end thereof is elevated a distance suihcient to carry the notched end 8 of the leg 4 out of contact with the top of the table Y. In this position of the parts, the skirt may be slipped over the elevated end of the main ironing board 1. During the application of the skirt to the ironing board 1, the leg 4 will fold, when engaged by the skirt, into close engagement with the main ironing board 1, thereby permitting the skirt to freely slip thereover. After the skirt is past the leg 4, said leg 4 will drop, under the action of gravity, into an opera tive position, and with the lowering of the elevated end of the main ironing board, its notched end 8 will again embrace the adjacent edge of the top of the table Y. A rest block 9 is provided with a pair of laterally spaced depending and rearwardly converging side flanges 10, rigidly secured to the top rear end portion of the main ironing board 1. The top of the rest block 9 is covered with a non-combustible heat insulating material 11, such as asbestos, and affords a suitable sad iron support.

To prevent a sad iron from slipping off from the rest block 9, when one end of the ironing board 1 is raised for the purpose of removing a garment therefrom, a pair of spaced retaining flanges 9a is rigidly secured to the top outer side edges of the rest block 9. As shown in Fig. 4, the forward ends of these retaining ianges 9EL are ontwardly curved, to form a side entrance passage therebetween and their rear ends terminate in reversely formed inturned stop lugs against which the heel of a signle pointed iron rests. The opposing faces of the stop lugs of the retaining iianges 9 are reversely beveled, to receive the pointed end of a sad iron.

Extending transversely between and through the front edge portions of the side flanges 10 is a rest pin 12, located intermediately between the top of the main ironing board 1 and the bottom of the rest block 9. This rest pin 12 divides the space between the main ironing board 1 and the rest block 9 into upper and lower tapered pockets 13, into either one of which may be inserted either one of .the tapered end por-A tions of the auxiliary ironing board 2. To

secure the auxiliary ironing board 2 in an i operative position, above and parallel withthe inain ironing board 1, one end thereof is inserted into the upper pocket 13, as indicated by full lines in the drawings. `When Vfacture, has, in actual practice, been Jfound highly eiicient for the purpose hadin view.

That l claim is:

1. The combination with a table top, ot1 an ironing board, and legs on'said ironing. board having notched lower ends engage` able with the opposite edges of said table top, one of said legs bein-g adjust-able and,

set oblique.

2. The combination with a tabletop, of

an ironing board, and inwardly projecting oblique 'legs secured to said ironing boardl Y and having, at their lower ends, gripping@ surfaces arranged to engage opposite edges of said table top.

fan `ironing board, :andinwardly projecting oblique legs secured to said ironing board and having, at their lower ends, gripping of said table top, one of said legs being adjustable. Y

4. The combination with a table topof an ironing board, and inwardly projecting oblique legs secured to ,saidironingboard surf-aces arranged to engage opposite edges of said table top, one of said legs being connected to said ironing board by a hinged Joint.

an ironing board, a pair of laterally' spaced legs hinged to one end of `said ironing board and arranged "to Abe folded thereon the other end :oi1 said Aironing board and arranged vto beVV olded'tliereon into an inf board, said legs, when in operative arrnged to project fobliquelyr in'- -having notched lower iends, the

ironing posit-ions, ward and opposite edges or"- said table top. i

1in-testimony whereof` I aiiix .my signature in presence rof -two witnesses. Y I

i .oinii'inns V,niiivinnsoii.

lVtnesses; Y i PHILIP E. JOHNSON, 1 A. CLAIR ToMPzKINs.

3. The combination with a table top, of

and` having,v at their lower ends, gripping 5. The combination with a table top',V oiV operative position, longitudinally oitA said .notches 'of the said legs arranged :to engage surfaces arranged to engage opposite edges Y into inoperative positions transversely rof `l said ironing board, and a .third leg hinged to Copies of this patent vmay be obtained for -ve cents each, by adiressing the .Gommssinner .of Batents.

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